So, what's the big deal about Insurance companies making a profit. Immoral yes, but also to be expected.
There's nothing immoral about it. If anything it's amoral.
Every company exists to make a profit. If there was no profit involved, no insurance companies would exist. Profit is the incentive that allows anyone to be covered in the first place.
They have effectively all been removed in practice. To put things in perspective, this country is on the verge of banning kitchen knives to try to reduce violent crime (now that private possession of firearms has been completely outlawed).
15 years ago, after their big round of gun bans, we asked if there were to be a rash of stabbings would they try to ban knives. The response was "Don't be ridiculous.", now that there has been a rash of stabbings they are actually going to try to ban knives. When youthful criminals begin to bash each other on the head with Cricket bats, they will register and ban Cricket bats. Then rocks, then sticks, then anything not made of nerf.
It's not a slippery slope anymore, it's a waterslide.
You comment belies a certain lack of knowledge. There is quite of bit of new development being done in FORTRAN today. Especially in heavy industry. Old VAXEN and Alphas are still in use with programs that were originally coded in DEC FORTRAN. When someone needs to add new functionality, it's typically written in the language used for the rest of the system.
Actually no, you and Facebook reflect the continued need to invent stupid rules by churches to restrict the breeding activities of the ignorant population who are so clearly too stupid to behave rationally.
Facebook is private property. Anyone using it is doing so under the condition that they abide by the owner's rules.
No different than your house. For example, I don't care how much you masturbate, but you are not allowed to do it in my living room.
More unfortunate would be the women with really puffy areaolae or the ones with the really big, stretched-out pancake areaolae.
Funny that you mention this. One time, my girlfriend and her best friend were tickling each other (yes, I know how hot that is) and her friend's shirt and bra came down just a little bit. Her areolae were like saucers. They were absolutely enormous. I made a joke about it, and she didn't talk to me for a month.
Big silver-dollar areolae require no explanation as they would be impossible to hide unless the baby is hydrocephalic.
When she started to act embarrassed I say "It's ok. I swear I didn't see anything. Not even your big silver-dollar pancake sized areola."
When she got angry, I tried to mitigate with little effect. I said "I didn't say that they were nice, they're just big".
Having sex with a 17 year old is legally no different than having sex with a 10 year old.
You, sir, are incorrect. In most states it's aggravated child molestation to have sex with a child under 12.
What changes is that the consent of the 17 year old might be seen as a mitigating circumstance whereas the naiveté of the 10 year old would be seen as an aggravating circumstance.
A 10 year old child can not give consent. From a legal standpoint a 17 year old might not be able to, but from a realistic standpoint he or she can.
So, I doubt that he would have been treated the same had he raped a 10 year old. The fact that he raped a 17 year old probably just resulted in less prison time. There's your differential.
The point that I am making is that he didn't "rape" anyone. She was a willing participant. When everything came out, she confirmed his side of the story but she was still under 18 and her parents made enough noise.
As I was thinking about posting this, I realized how many fucked up degrees of separation it is, but the point is still the same.
My ex-girlfriend's cousin was like 25 years old and met a girl at a bar. He ended up taking her home and sexing her up. Turns out she was 17. Her parents had a shit-fit and he went to jail for statutory rape. He had sex with a minor, but he wasn't out trolling for underage girls. He's not a child molester. I wouldn't have a problem having my child around him, but he's a sex offender and treated no different than if he had molested a 10 year old. That's bullshit.
In matters where the facts are subject to interpretation truth is only found through a balanced look at all of the evidence.
If all you ever hear is me say that my ex-wife was a bitch. You might beleive it. If all you hear is my ex wife say that I'm an asshole, you might believe it. If you hear both of us, you may come to the conclusion that it was a little of both.
What information you have access to determines what you beleive the truth to be.
It's a cycle. The Democrats are going to let the power go to their heads and do something really stupid and piss off a bunch of the electorate. The GOP will take power back. The GOP will then let the power go to their heads and do something really stupid and piss off a bunch of the electorate. The Democrats will take back power. Rinse and repeat. FOREVER.
The only "interesting deaths" surrounding the Clintons were those which their opponents tried to tar them with.
If you believe that, then you weren't paying attention.
Ron Brown is found with a.45 inch hole in the top of his head a week after he lets it be known that he's not taking the rap for the Clintons' financial dealings...
I really hate having to pirate games that I've bought.
I have a LOT of games. I don't want to keep all of the CDs on my desk. I keep disc images. If a program won't run from an image, I get a nocd crack so that I can play it.
I spend a lot of money on games and it sucks that sometimes I have to pirate games that I have paid for.
For me, there is no difference between academic and personal. I use all of my machines for both.
My employer imposes conditions on getting one of their laptops, so I declined. I said that I'll use my own, because I work best when I get to set up my tools the way that I like them.
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So, what's the big deal about Insurance companies making a profit. Immoral yes, but also to be expected.
There's nothing immoral about it. If anything it's amoral.
Every company exists to make a profit. If there was no profit involved, no insurance companies would exist. Profit is the incentive that allows anyone to be covered in the first place.
Have you ever seen one of those chemical toilets for the elderly and infirmed?
Trust me, you don't want one of those.
LK
They have effectively all been removed in practice. To put things in perspective, this country is on the verge of banning kitchen knives to try to reduce violent crime (now that private possession of firearms has been completely outlawed).
15 years ago, after their big round of gun bans, we asked if there were to be a rash of stabbings would they try to ban knives. The response was "Don't be ridiculous.", now that there has been a rash of stabbings they are actually going to try to ban knives. When youthful criminals begin to bash each other on the head with Cricket bats, they will register and ban Cricket bats. Then rocks, then sticks, then anything not made of nerf.
It's not a slippery slope anymore, it's a waterslide.
LK
Let's connect the guys who are tasked with waging war with the guys who are interested in space exploration.
Only good things can result from this, right?
LK
You comment belies a certain lack of knowledge. There is quite of bit of new development being done in FORTRAN today. Especially in heavy industry. Old VAXEN and Alphas are still in use with programs that were originally coded in DEC FORTRAN. When someone needs to add new functionality, it's typically written in the language used for the rest of the system.
LK
Actually no, you and Facebook reflect the continued need to invent stupid rules by churches to restrict the breeding activities of the ignorant population who are so clearly too stupid to behave rationally.
Facebook is private property. Anyone using it is doing so under the condition that they abide by the owner's rules.
No different than your house. For example, I don't care how much you masturbate, but you are not allowed to do it in my living room.
LK
Good catch, I didn't accurately type what I meant to.
LK
Will they ban beach pics of fat uncle Tony who has gynecomastia wearing just his shorts?
I hope so.
LK
More unfortunate would be the women with really puffy areaolae or the ones with the really big, stretched-out pancake areaolae.
Funny that you mention this. One time, my girlfriend and her best friend were tickling each other (yes, I know how hot that is) and her friend's shirt and bra came down just a little bit. Her areolae were like saucers. They were absolutely enormous. I made a joke about it, and she didn't talk to me for a month.
Big silver-dollar areolae require no explanation as they would be impossible to hide unless the baby is hydrocephalic.
When she started to act embarrassed I say "It's ok. I swear I didn't see anything. Not even your big silver-dollar pancake sized areola."
When she got angry, I tried to mitigate with little effect. I said "I didn't say that they were nice, they're just big".
LK
Facebook has a black and white policy for censorship, when censorship is a gray area.
No bare breasts. What's gray about that?
I agree that it's not the smartest policy move, but facebook has that right.
LK
Having sex with a 17 year old is legally no different than having sex with a 10 year old.
You, sir, are incorrect. In most states it's aggravated child molestation to have sex with a child under 12.
What changes is that the consent of the 17 year old might be seen as a mitigating circumstance whereas the naiveté of the 10 year old would be seen as an aggravating circumstance.
A 10 year old child can not give consent. From a legal standpoint a 17 year old might not be able to, but from a realistic standpoint he or she can.
So, I doubt that he would have been treated the same had he raped a 10 year old. The fact that he raped a 17 year old probably just resulted in less prison time. There's your differential.
The point that I am making is that he didn't "rape" anyone. She was a willing participant. When everything came out, she confirmed his side of the story but she was still under 18 and her parents made enough noise.
LK
As I was thinking about posting this, I realized how many fucked up degrees of separation it is, but the point is still the same.
My ex-girlfriend's cousin was like 25 years old and met a girl at a bar. He ended up taking her home and sexing her up. Turns out she was 17. Her parents had a shit-fit and he went to jail for statutory rape. He had sex with a minor, but he wasn't out trolling for underage girls. He's not a child molester. I wouldn't have a problem having my child around him, but he's a sex offender and treated no different than if he had molested a 10 year old. That's bullshit.
LK
I disagree. When I was a senior in HS, we had a smoking hot student teacher. I would have paid to get molested by her.
LK
In this house we observe the laws of thermodynamics, bro!
Hey dumb ass, the limestone is depleted in the process. There is no thermodynamic violation here.
LK
"Balance" is bullshit, truth is paramount.
In matters where the facts are subject to interpretation truth is only found through a balanced look at all of the evidence.
If all you ever hear is me say that my ex-wife was a bitch. You might beleive it. If all you hear is my ex wife say that I'm an asshole, you might believe it. If you hear both of us, you may come to the conclusion that it was a little of both.
What information you have access to determines what you beleive the truth to be.
LK
GOP is dead
No, just sleeping really hard.
It's a cycle. The Democrats are going to let the power go to their heads and do something really stupid and piss off a bunch of the electorate. The GOP will take power back. The GOP will then let the power go to their heads and do something really stupid and piss off a bunch of the electorate. The Democrats will take back power. Rinse and repeat. FOREVER.
LK
The only "interesting deaths" surrounding the Clintons were those which their opponents tried to tar them with.
If you believe that, then you weren't paying attention.
Ron Brown is found with a .45 inch hole in the top of his head a week after he lets it be known that he's not taking the rap for the Clintons' financial dealings...
LK
No, CS will end up = Using Microsoft Office.
LK
I really hate having to pirate games that I've bought.
I have a LOT of games. I don't want to keep all of the CDs on my desk. I keep disc images. If a program won't run from an image, I get a nocd crack so that I can play it.
I spend a lot of money on games and it sucks that sometimes I have to pirate games that I have paid for.
LK
For me, there is no difference between academic and personal. I use all of my machines for both.
My employer imposes conditions on getting one of their laptops, so I declined. I said that I'll use my own, because I work best when I get to set up my tools the way that I like them.
LK
Right, because I'm a hysterical female, right?
No. You're something worse than that.
LK
We can't claim that Jack Thompson is an idiot when he claims that FPSs cause kids to become shooters and then wring our hands about torture in games.
LK
Fetus means "little one", it's a child.
You can't deny the humanity of an unborn child by choosing to use a clinical word. It's a child.
LK
In all seriousness, why in the fuck is anyone still quoting Rob Enderle?
That man has proven time and again and again and again that he has no fucking clue of what he's talking about.
LK